Oak Street Continued

I got to swim last Saturday with my wonderful neighbor, Patsee Ober and the amazing channel swimmer Christopher Roberts!
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I got to kayak for him last August and he is such an inspiration.
I will have to blow off Catalina this year unless some kind of miracle occurs. I know I can do it. I feel so ready after February but I am too fiscally conservative to take it out on credit. I need to find a job. Next year I may feel differently? Maybe later in the season I may have a change of heart.
We will swim tomorrow morning at Oak Street again! 8am!
:)

Oak Street!!!

This shouldn't be such a big deal...I moved to Oak Street in March. I have yet to do a swim off of my "home beach". This morning I will be swimming with my neighbor, Patsee and maybe a few Nova swimming friends (I posted it on the Nova blog) and on my Facebook. I am so excited!!!
More later...

Okay then...

Ugh!
Still looking for work...
But I want to think I am still training for this thing! Catalina...
I am but I am not sure how I will foot the bill. It may end up being next year and I can deal with that.
I took the CCSF Observers Training course last Sunday; got my CPR certification; met some Channel Swimming icons! Anne Cleveland (oldest person to do do a double English Channel) Rendy Lynn Opedyke (swam Manhattan Island, English Channel and Catalina Channel in a 34 day time span), Carol Sing (oldest woman to swim Catalina at 55, but she is doing it again this year at 67!!!)
I will do it some day, I know!
Today I did a short (2 mile) training swim at Corona Del Mar. The water is a delightful 64F with variations. I got to swim with Jim Fitzpatrick (English Channel. Catalina Channel and first ever Catalina to Orange County swim).